Finish the Fight

Just 2 more days till I can finish the fight. The anticipation is killing me!

Anyway, while I'm waiting for Halo 3 to come out, I've been mucking around with some other games. As you know from last weeks post, I've been replaying Gears of War. On a side note, I really hope that Halo 3 doesn't suffer from the same lag issues that GoW has - in case you weren't aware, the host in GoW has a pretty big advantage as he suffers no lag. And this isn't the case of a shitty player bitching as the lag and resulting host advantage in GoW is well documented.

Anyway, what you probably didn't know is that I have also been mucking around with Command & Conquer. Not C&C3 but the original C&C that was released 12 years ago and which kick-started the whole RTS genre. Basically, if you were a PC gamer 12 years ago, you would have known about this game (thats how famous it is!). Maybe its nostalgia, but its incredible how much fun I still have playing this game - especially as I got it for free by downloading it off the internet.

Shock! Did I say download for free? Have I turned into a pirate (avast ye!)?

Well - not quite. You see, as part of the birthday celebrations for C&C, EA (who now own the franchise) released the game for free on their website. In fact, you can download it here. So go on - download this classic of RTS gaming and relive your youth!